{"id":146035,"date":"2025-11-05T18:21:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=146035"},"modified":"2025-11-05T18:21:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:21:24","slug":"iran-womens-u16-team-honors-saber-kazemi-at-avc-womens-u16-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/iran-womens-u16-team-honors-saber-kazemi-at-avc-womens-u16-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Women\u2019s U16 Team Honors Saber Kazemi at AVC Women&#8217;s U16 Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>The Asian Volleyball Confederation offered a moment of silence to mourn the passing of Iran men\u2019s volleyball team star Saber Kazemi at age 26 before Iran\u2019s classification match against India in the 2nd AVC Asian Women\u2019s U16 Volleyball Championship on Wednesday at the Princess Sumaya Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The Iran Women\u2019s U16 team also honored their fellow athlete, each member holding a photo of Kazemi and wearing a black armband to pay tribute to his legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Iran coach Fatemeh Shabankhamseh dedicated their 25-10, 25-17, 25-6 win over India to Kazemi and his family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are very sad,&#8221; said Shabankhamseh<\/p>\n<p>Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation mourns the passing of Kazemi, who suffered from an acute brain condition as he was&nbsp;supposed to play for Al-Rayyan team of Qatar this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaber Kazemi, the young star and left-handed Iranian volleyball, left the Iranian volleyball family in deep sorrow,\u201d the federation posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis death has struck the Iranian volleyball family with profound grief, as Kazemi was widely regarded as one of the most promising left-handed attackers of his generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe respected family of Kazemi and the Iranian volleyball society. With great regret and impact, we express our condolences on the death of dear Saber.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kazemi was a former MVP of the AVC Champions League for Foolad Sirjan Iranian in 2021, the same year he won the Asian Championship MVP for Iran\u2019s championship.<\/p>\n<p>He was a two-time Asian Games gold medalist in 2018 Jakarta-Palembang and 2022 Hangzhou, which staged two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Kazemi played in club leagues in Iran, Turkey, Indonesia, Kuwait, and Qatar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Asian Volleyball Confederation offered a moment of silence to mourn the passing of Iran men\u2019s volleyball team star Saber Kazemi at age 26 before Iran\u2019s classification match against India&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":146036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,100,223,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avc-news","category-slider","category-u16-women","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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